The Verge

APRIL 7, 2022

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (or RWDSU) has filed objections against Amazon to the National Labor Relations Board, saying that the company has again interfered with its election in Bessemer, Alabama ( via CNBC ). As a result, the outcome depends on a hearing that hasn’t yet been scheduled.

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2022

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined in January that unionization efforts at the facility had “reached a sufficient showing of interest” to hold an election. Unlike the Bessemer unionization effort, the ALU is not affiliated with a national union or larger organization. The facility employs roughly 5,000 people.

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2022

Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama held their second union vote | Patrick T. The votes for the union drive at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, have been counted, but the final result is so close that it will depend on a court hearing yet to come. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2022

The second union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will begin on February 4th, according to a notice posted Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which you can read below. . | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Candid

MAY 24, 2022

Equal Pay Day is a symbolic day created by the National Committee on Pay Equity to increase awareness about the gender wage gap. The results of this analysis showed that the gender pay gap persists in every single state. This year, U.S. Equal Pay Day landed on March 15, meaning that women in the U.S. Across the U.S. 111,948.00.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

Amazon presents a massive threat to working-class communities and good jobs in the logistics industry,” said Randy Korgan, national director of the Amazon Project, in a statement. We’ve been working on this for quite some time—well before Bessemer broke out,” he said, referring to the recent union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in Garner, a town located near Raleigh, voted against joining a grassroots labor organization called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment, the National Labor Relations Board announced Saturday.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2022

It’s asking the election results be overturned. Amazon has officially filed its objections to the Amazon Labor Union’s win in Staten Island , New York, and is asking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to order a new election. Amazon cites precedent in its request to overturn the election results.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

A new phase of the historic union vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama begins today. The news kicks off with an appeals hearing where the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) will contest the results of the election. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2022

According to CNBC , the LDJ5 vote will be in person, and the National Labor Relations Board will tally the results beginning May 2nd. The NLRB also found that Amazon interfered with a union election last year in Bessemer, Alabama , which led to it ordering a do-over. It’s been a long road to this election for workers at LDJ5.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2022

Amazon workers claim they weren’t all properly alerted as what they thought was smoke filled the third floor at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse on Friday, according to a report from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) (via Input ). An air compressor malfunction resulted in smoke emitting from the equipment,” Nantel said.

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

The effort comes on the heels of a bitter defeat for Amazon organizers in Alabama. Earlier this month, warehouse workers in Bessemer voted against unionizing with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), although the organization is currently contesting the results.

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The Verge

MARCH 22, 2021

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found merit to the claim that Amazon threatened and retaliated against workers protesting the company’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an NLRB complaint obtained by Motherboard. The news comes amid a historic union vote at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.

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The Verge

MAY 21, 2021

For months during the union drive, Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, felt like they were being watched. Wallace’s comments came during a National Labor Relations Board hearing, where the union is contesting the results of the election it lost in early April. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images.

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2022

The all-hands came after weeks of news stories about ongoing union elections at its fulfillment centers in Bessemer, Alabama (where the results are currently being disputed ), and Staten Island, New York (where employees voted to unionize one facility and another election is scheduled for next week.).

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2021

For the last seven weeks, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama , have been voting by mail on whether to unionize. The vote is taking place at an Amazon warehouse called BHM1 in Bessemer, Alabama, outside Birmingham. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Here is what’s happened so far and what might happen next.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

The recalled celery sticks were sold across the nation at Walmart stores in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Thankfully, according to the notice on the FDA website, no illnesses have yet been reported as a result of the products associated with this recall. Photographs of the recalled product in its packaging can be found here.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

Last month, it picked a losing fight with Congress over the unionization efforts at its Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center. While the voting results were lopsided and our direct relationship with employees is strong, it’s clear to me that we need a better vision for how we create value for employees – a vision for their success. (I’m

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The grocery chain with a progressive reputation filed six objections with the National Labor Relations Board after workers voted 48 to 36 to join Trader Joes United, an independent union. Catherine Creighton is a former National Labor Relations Board attorney now at Cornell Universitys School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For now, Priesters will have to stick to its famous pecans in Fort Payne, Alabama. Priesters Pecans, an Alabama staple, is one of more than half a dozen sites across the state slated to receive millions of dollars in federal funding to expand access to chargers for electric vehicles. But maybe not for long. But in a Feb.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

National estimates of the restaurant and food preparation workforce, meanwhile, indicate that between 10% and 15% of those workers are immigrants living in the U.S. Past state-level immigration enforcement policies offer an idea of what could happen at the national level if Trump were to carry out widespread deportations.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 9, 2025

Last Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that will increase the cost of building materials from roofing to appliances, making home construction more expensive in the midst of a national housing shortage. As a result, homes were unnecessarily built in harms way and werent strong enough to withstand the storm.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

We had leadership with the National Basketball Players Association, the NBPA. And you need that leadership in order to get the results that we got. And then you’ve got to get the results. Just because you do it in an AI doesn’t mean the results are going to be impactful the way you want them to be. Oh, you live in Dallas?

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